which sustains all life within its bounds and gives me strict instruction.

Written in the rain forest of Trinidad in my daughter's yard for open link Monday on Imaginary Gardens with Real Toads. Her address is Lamppost # 12 in her village. The format of linked rhyme was suggested by Hedgewitch and brought back by Margaret on Jan. 20. It rhymes the first word of each line with the last word of the previous line.

What a cool form, linked rhyme. Thank you for sharing the litany of what surrounds you there in T & T, of things I only dream about, although we did have our share when we lived in Pasadena ... not quite a rain forest, but there were exotic plants and birds. I'll never forget seeing parrots in the palm trees.

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About Me

Ancestor in training.
My journey into elder hood has taken me on adventures for over 40 years with my lover and best friend, John. He's a gift.
As is my daughter, Kelly. I'm grateful that she's my friend as well as my daughter.
I'm grandmother to her two beloved children and now appreciate the importance of the role of grandmother. I use the word in the indigenous sense of respected elder, wise mentor and unconditional lover of these Dear Ones.
After retiring, I moved to Italy with my husband and, in that lovely country, was immersed in a new language and culture. I had the opportunity to travel throughout Europe for six years and see the world in a bigger context. I left behind a too little self in the belief that a fuller self would emerge. Now, in this second decade of elder hood and back in my homeland, I seek the ways I can use my talents and any wisdom gleaned along the way as an elder in the service of my community.

Show up & Show Your Soul

We are needed, that is all we can know. …One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to show up and show your soul….To display the lantern of soul in shadowy times like these- to be fierce and to show mercy toward others; both are acts of immense bravery and greatest necessity. (Clarissa Pinkola Estes)